NCAA FBS Head Coach Changes: Chip Kelly is Biggest Name to Make a Move in 2012-2013
The latest up to date listing of NCAA FBS (division 1A) head coach fires, hires, resignations and promotions for the upcoming 2013-2014 college football season.
50-year-old Chip Kelly began his coaching career in 1990 at Columbia University where he was a DB and special teams coach. He landed his first head coach job at Oregon in 2009 where he won 3 PAC 10/PAC 12 championships and led his Ducks to two consecutive national championship game appearances in the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
The Associated Press named Kelly their National Coach of the Year in 2010, he also received the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award along with several others for that season.
After much speculation about his future from the media and sports fans, on January 16th, 2013, the highly sought out offensive guru announced his decision to accept the head coach job offer from the Philadelphia Eagles.
Last Updated: January 20, 2012
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2013/2014 NCAA FBS College Football |
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School |
Conf |
Old Coach |
Reason |
New Coach |
| 1. | Arkansas | SEC | John L Smith | Fired | Bret Bielema |
| 2. | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | Gus Malzahn | Left for Auburn | Bryan Harsin (Texas OC) |
| 3. | Auburn | SEC | Gene Chizik | Fired | Gus Malzahn |
| 4. | Boston College | ACC | Frank Spaziani | Fired | Steve Addazio |
| 5. | Cincinnati | Big East | Butch Jones | Left for Tennessee | Tommy Tuberville |
| 6. | Colorado | PAC-12 | John Embree | Fired | Mike Macintyre |
| 7. | Florida International U. | Sun Belt | Mario Cristobal | Fired | Ron Turner (Tampa Bay QB Coach) |
| 8. | Georgia State | Sun Belt1 | Bill Curry | Retired | Trent Miles (Indiana State HC) |
| 9. | Idaho | WAC | Rob Akey | Fired | Paul Petrino (Arkansas OC) |
| 10. | Kent State | MAC | Darrell Hazell | Left for Purdue | Paul Haynes (Arkansas DC) |
| 11. | Kentucky | SEC | Joker Phillips | Fired | Mark Stoops (FSU DC) |
| 12. | Louisiana Tech | WAC | Sony Dykes | Left for California | Skip Holtz |
| 13. | Nevada | MWC | Chris Ault | Retired | Brian Polian (Texas A&M TE Coach) |
| 14. | North Carolina State | ACC | Tom O’Brien | Fired | Dave Doren |
| 15. | Northern Illinois U. | MAC | Dave Doren | Left for N. Carolina State | Rod Carey (NIU OC) |
| 16 | Oregon | PAC 12 | Chip Kelly | Left for Philadelphia Eagles | Mark Helfrich (Oregon OC) |
| 17. | Purdue | Big 10 | Danny Hope | Fired | Darrell Hazell |
| 18. | San Jose State | WAC | Mike Macintyre | Left for Colorado | Ron Caragher (University of San Diego HC D-1AA) |
| 19. | South Florida | Big East | Skip Holtz | Fired | Willie Taggart |
| 20. | Southern Miss | Conf USA | Ellis Johnson | Fired | Todd Monken (Oklahoma State OC) |
| 21. | Syracuse | ACC (2013) | Doug Marrone | Left for Buffalo Bills | Scott Shafer (Syracuse DC) |
| 22. | Temple | Big East | Steve Addazio | Left for Boston College | Matt Rhule (NY Giants OL) |
| 23. | Tennessee | SEC | Derek Dooley | Fired | Butch Jones |
| 24. | Texas Tech | Big 12 | Tommy Tuberville | Left for Cincinnati | Kliff Kingsbury (Texas A&M OC) |
| 25. | Utah State | WAC | Gary Andersen | Left for Wisconsin | Matt Wells (Utah State OC) |
| 26. | UTEP | Conf USA | Mike Price | Retired | Sean Kugler (Pittsburgh Steelers OLC) |
| 27. | University of California | PAC-12 | Jeff Tedford | Fired | Sony Dykes |
| 28. | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | Willie Taggart | Left for S. Florida | Bobbby Petrino |
| 29. | Western Michigan | MAC | Bill Cubit | Fired | P.J. Fleck T(ampa Bay WRC) |
| 30. | Wisconsin | Big 10 | Bret Bielema | Left for Arkansas | Gary Andersen |
| “*” Indicates an interim head coach. All new coaches were former FBS head coaches except where noted by (xxx). 1 The Georgia State Panthers football program, founded in 2010, is a new FBS school that is tentatively scheduled to become a full participant in the Sun Belt Conference starting in 2014 season. | |||||
